The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Remains of a Pattern 1907 bayonet scabbard, which consists of the locket and frog stud. The item is rusted overall (inert), with additional heavy corroded on one side and the back. The remains of dried mud can be seen, primarily on the inside of the item, but there is also some on the outside.
This rusted bayonet scabbard was collected at Gallipoli by members of the Australian War Records Section (AWRS) or the Australian Historical Mission (AHM).
A small party of AWRS staff, led by Lieutenant William Hopkin James, worked on Gallipoli between December 1918 and March 1919, taking photographs and collecting items for the national collection. The AHM, led by Official Historian C E W Bean, visited Gallipoli from February to March 1919 to collect items for the nation, to record the area through artworks and photographs, and to explore the battlefields to answer some of the 'riddles of Anzac' for the Australian official history of the war.
Steel mounted black leather scabbard with a tear drop shape frog stud on the locket. The locket and chape are attached by wire lace. Australian scabbard found with its bayonet at a Turkish dump at A
Two damaged and rusted clips for .303 cartridges. These fragments were collected by members of the Australian War Records Section (AWRS) or the Australian Historical Mission (AHM). A small party o
One whole 'cricket ball' grenade and two pieces of shrapnel, all rusted. The body of the grenade is complete, and includes the screw in plate which once held the fuse. The grenade is missing the fuse
Rusted cast iron 1908 pattern entrenching tool head. Both the spade and pick ends have been damaged by shrapnel. The ferrule, also damaged and distorted by shrapnel damage, is wedged into the entrench
Rusted nosecap from a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle. The right wing of the nosecap has broken off. There is a crack in front of the left fore sight protector. A small broken piece of the stock is p
Pattern 07 bayonet with ring and mortise slot with locking bolt to secure the bayonet to the rifle nosecap. The single edged blade is fullered on both sides for about 300 mm. The hilt has plain wooden
